euhans

euhans
Euhan (cf. Lach. ad Lucr. 5, 743; also, Euan, Prisc. 1, 29; not Evan, as in many edd.), m., = Euan, a surname of Bacchus, Lucr. 5, 742; Ov. M. 4, 15; Mart. Cap. 8, § 804.—Hence, euhans, antis (cf. Gr. euazôn), adj., crying Euhan! an epithet of the Bacchantes, Cat. 64, 391; Sil. 1, 101; Prop. 2, 3, 18.— Poet. with acc.:

euhantes orgia,

celebrating the rites of Bacchus with the cry Euhan! Verg. A. 6, 517.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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